The moment Turalyon appeared, the Ranger-General's eyes dimmed, but then she sharply demanded of her brother-in-law,
"Turalyon, where is my sister?"
Clearly, Sylvanas did not approve of Turalyon and Alleria's marriage at all. Although she took very good care of her nephew Arator, that did nothing to lessen her loathing for the human before her.
He was the one who had stolen Alleria, her sister, away from her and Vereesa!
Elves were a stubborn lot, and this belief only deepened Sylvanas's dislike of Turalyon. Of course, she would not go so far as to draw a blade and hack at him, but he could forget about getting a friendly look from her.
Turalyon's attention, however, was clearly elsewhere. Perhaps he had been missing for so long that he had grown accustomed to facing Eredar, Broken, and demons. Suddenly seeing fellow natives of Azeroth left him unable to react for a moment, but soon he asked,
"You... how did you get to Argus? Has Azeroth mastered teleportation across star domains? Or... were you captured and brought here? Has the Burning Legion attacked Azeroth?"
There was a trace of unprecedented anxiety on his face, making his unquestionable loyalty to Azeroth plain. In answer to his questions, Maiev nodded.
"They did invade. In year 20 after the opening of the Dark Portal, the great demon Archimonde led the Burning Legion into Mount Hyjal... but they were defeated in the end. Archimonde died. We won."
"That's good..."
Turalyon breathed a sigh of relief, but Hatuun's eyes had gone wide beside him. Archimonde... that name was known to everyone on Argus. He had once been one of Argus's Triumvirate, and even after his betrayal, he remained commander of the Eredar demons.
The Defiler's name had spread across hundreds upon thousands of worlds, yet, unbelievably, the